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Re: When will samplers support 22.2 audio?

Personally, I hope they don't go for 22.2 channels. You know what a PAIN it would be to mix in that?!?

James W.G. Smith

Two very good points.

That movie had the worst plot ever, and wasn't nearly as funny as advertised.

That would be a GREAT pain to mix, not to mention to set up a mixing ROOM!! Speaker systems would turn into whole rooms rather than a couple square boxes!
What's wrong with stereo anyway? I thought 5.1 was a bit much, 7.1 was pushing it, 10.2 was waaaaaaaaay overkill, but 22.2???!!!!?!??!?!?!!!??

Re: When will samplers support 22.2 audio?

From the blurb on NHK:

The 22.2 multi-channel audio system consists of three layers of speakers--an upper layer of nine speakers, a middle layer of 10, and a lower layer of three--aimed at reproducing an immersive, natural three-dimensional sound field with highly enhanced presence.

Are you absolutely SURE this is not an April Fool's joke? It sounds from this description that all of the speakers are in the front (with two separate sub-woofer channels?) so where does that leave "surround"?

Or are we to read "layer" here as nine speakers spread around the 360 degrees at the upper, 10 spread around the 360 degrees in the middle and 3 at a "lower" position? Too bad I'm not closer to Aichi, Japan so I could drop by and check out the demo at the World Exposition.

Re: When will samplers support 22.2 audio?

NHK has been pushing the boundaries for years. I saw their 4,000 x 2,000 pixel video system at NAB last year. I'll go to NAB in a couple of weeks. I don't think they'll demo 22.2, but I'll definitely ask about it. (And I'll check if there are any people giggling in the back room when I ask.)